Asked by: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of people released from prison went on to reoffend, what number of reoffences were committed on average, what was the total number of reoffences, and what was the total number of reoffenders by custodial sentence length for (1) men, and (2) women, for the most recent year that figures are available.
Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This Government is committed to tackling the causes of reoffending to keep our communities safe. Between 2010/11 and 2020/21, the overall proven reoffending rate decreased from 31.6% to 24.4%.
Helping prison leavers to secure accommodation, employment, and substance misuse treatment on release is essential for rehabilitation and can significantly reduce their likelihood of reoffending. We are therefore investing in a range of interventions including delivering our temporary accommodation service so that prison-leavers have a stable base on release, offering more offenders the chance to work in prison and expanding the number of Incentivised Substance-Free Living wings so that we can support prisoners off drugs and into recovery.
Further, we are seeking to introduce a presumption against short sentences which we know have significantly higher reoffending rates than suspended and community sentences.
The answer can be found in the tables below.
Table 1: Reoffending rate, number of reoffences and average number of reoffences per reoffender for offenders released from custody, male and female (adult), April 2020 – March 2021.
| April 2020 - March 2021 |
Female offenders |
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Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%) | 44.1% |
Average number of reoffences per reoffender | 5.89 |
Number of reoffences | 8,686 |
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Male offenders |
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Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%) | 37.5% |
Average number of reoffences per reoffender | 4.46 |
Number of reoffences | 72,549 |
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All adult offenders |
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Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%) | 38.0% |
Average number of reoffences per reoffender | 4.58 |
Number of reoffences | 81,235 |
Table 2: Number of reoffenders by custodial sentence length, male (adult), April 2020 – March 2021
| April 2020 - March 2021 |
Less than or equal to 6 months |
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Number of reoffenders | 8,902 |
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More than 6 months to less than 12 months | |
Number of reoffenders | 2,170 |
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12 months to less than 2 years |
|
Number of reoffenders | 2,176 |
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2 years to less than 4 years |
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Number of reoffenders | 1,995 |
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4 years to 10 years |
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Number of reoffenders | 958 |
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More than 10 years |
|
Number of reoffenders | 38 |
|
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Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) |
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Number of reoffenders | 13 |
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Mandatory Life (MLP) |
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Number of reoffenders | 8 |
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Other Life [Note 1] |
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Number of reoffenders | 6 |
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All male adult reoffenders |
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Number of reoffenders | 16,266 |
Table 3: Number of reoffenders by custodial sentence length, female (adult), April 2020 – March 2021
| April 2020 – March 2021 | |
Less than or equal to 6 months |
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Number of reoffenders | 1,056 | |
|
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More than 6 months to less than 12 months | ||
Number of reoffenders | 212 | |
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12 months to less than 2 years |
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Number of reoffenders | 113 | |
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2 years to less than 4 years |
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Number of reoffenders | 79 | |
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4 years to 10 years |
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Number of reoffenders | 14 | |
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More than 10 years |
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Number of reoffenders | 0 | |
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Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) |
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Number of reoffenders | 0 | |
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Mandatory Life (MLP) |
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Number of reoffenders | 0 | |
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Other Life [Note 1] |
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Number of reoffenders | 0 | |
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All female adult reoffenders |
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Number of reoffenders | 1,474 | |
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[Note 1] 'Other life' category includes discretionary and automatic life sentences.
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of reoffenders aged 18 years or over by (a) age and (b) offence type for the year ending March 2023.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The number of reoffenders aged 18 years or over by (a) age and (b) offence type for the year ending March 2023 will be published at the end of January 2025.
The attached tables show the number of reoffenders by (a) age and (b) index offence type for the year ending March 2022.
This Government is committed to reducing reoffending, and reoffending rates have fallen from 31.3% in 2011/12 to 25.2% in 2021/22. We are investing in rehabilitation to stop prison leavers falling back into crime – including tackling drug addiction, increasing the number of offenders in work and providing basic, short-term accommodation on release. We are also delivering the Prison Education Service which raises the level of numeracy, literacy and skills of prisoners, with the aim of securing jobs or apprenticeships after they leave custody.
On top of this, we are doubling the number of GPS tags available to courts for sentencing, ensuring more burglars and robbers are tagged which ultimately keeps our communities safer.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2024 to Question 9527 on Burglary: Reoffenders, whether the re-offending rate for people serving a custodial sentence for burglary has changed since that Answer.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This Government is committed to tackling reoffending, and we are investing in the areas which the evidence suggests can help an individual turn their back on crime, including accommodation, employment and substance misuse treatment.
We are delivering a new Prison Education Service, we are supporting ex-offenders into housing, we have changed the law so prisoners can take up apprenticeships and we are introducing Incentivised Substance-Free living wings for drug recovery.
The proven reoffending rate for offenders who had an index offence of burglary and served a custodial sentence for this offence has been updated since the Answer of 18 January 2024 to Question 9527. The rate for the latest period available, the January – March 2022 cohort, now stands at 45.6%. This is a decrease of 2.7 percentage points.
The proven reoffending rate for offenders in the January – March 2022 cohort who had an index offence of shop lifting (“theft from shops”) and served a custodial sentence for this offence was 80.7%.
The proven reoffending rate for offenders in the January – March 2022 cohort who had an index offence of robbery and served a custodial sentence for this offence was 21.7%.
The overall proven reoffending rate for the January – March 2022 cohort was 25.5%.
The overall proven reoffending rate has decreased from 31.3% in 2011/12 to 25.2% in 2021/22.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 14123 on Shoplifting: Reoffenders, what the proven re-offending rate was for an index offence of shop lifting (theft from shops) for the (a) January to March 2021 and (b) January to March 2020 cohort.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The proven reoffending rate for offenders with an index offence of shop lifting (theft from shops), who served a custodial sentence for this offence, for the (a) January – March 2021 cohort was 81.8% and (b) January – March 2020 cohort was 78.3%.
The proven reoffending rate for offenders with an index offence of robbery, who served a custodial sentence for this offence, for the (a) January – March 2021 cohort was 23.8% and (b) January – March 2020 cohort was 27.8%.
The overall proven reoffending rate for (a) January – March 2021 was 24.3% and (b) January – March 2020 was 24.7%. Reoffending rates in recent cohorts have been affected to varying degrees by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Government is committed to reducing reoffending, and reoffending rates have fallen from 31.3% in 2011/12 to 25.2% in 2021/22. We are investing in rehabilitation to stop prison leavers falling back into crime – including tackling drug addiction, increasing the number of offenders in work, and providing basic, short-term accommodation on release. Further, in October last year, the Lord Chancellor announced his intention to legislate for a presumption to suspend short custodial sentences of 12 months or less. The offender would then serve their sentence in the community and courts will retain discretion to impose a sentence of immediate custody where necessary. Our latest quarterly statistics, January – March 2022, suggest that 55.5% of people given a custodial sentence of less than 12 months reoffend within one year. For offenders punished with Suspended Sentence Orders with requirements that are served in the community, the reoffending rate is significantly lower at 24.2%.
On top of this, we are doubling the number of GPS tags available to courts for sentencing, ensuring more burglars and robbers are tagged which ultimately keeps our communities safer.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 14123 on Shoplifting: Reoffenders, what the proven re-offending rate was for an index offence of robbery for the (a) January to March 2021 cohort and (b) January to March 2020 cohort.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The proven reoffending rate for offenders with an index offence of shop lifting (theft from shops), who served a custodial sentence for this offence, for the (a) January – March 2021 cohort was 81.8% and (b) January – March 2020 cohort was 78.3%.
The proven reoffending rate for offenders with an index offence of robbery, who served a custodial sentence for this offence, for the (a) January – March 2021 cohort was 23.8% and (b) January – March 2020 cohort was 27.8%.
The overall proven reoffending rate for (a) January – March 2021 was 24.3% and (b) January – March 2020 was 24.7%. Reoffending rates in recent cohorts have been affected to varying degrees by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Government is committed to reducing reoffending, and reoffending rates have fallen from 31.3% in 2011/12 to 25.2% in 2021/22. We are investing in rehabilitation to stop prison leavers falling back into crime – including tackling drug addiction, increasing the number of offenders in work, and providing basic, short-term accommodation on release. Further, in October last year, the Lord Chancellor announced his intention to legislate for a presumption to suspend short custodial sentences of 12 months or less. The offender would then serve their sentence in the community and courts will retain discretion to impose a sentence of immediate custody where necessary. Our latest quarterly statistics, January – March 2022, suggest that 55.5% of people given a custodial sentence of less than 12 months reoffend within one year. For offenders punished with Suspended Sentence Orders with requirements that are served in the community, the reoffending rate is significantly lower at 24.2%.
On top of this, we are doubling the number of GPS tags available to courts for sentencing, ensuring more burglars and robbers are tagged which ultimately keeps our communities safer.
Jan. 25 2024
Source Page: Proven reoffending statistics: January to March 2022Found: Number of reoffences 33100 26886 20093 19017 18370 15845 14181 11248 8660 5980 3079 3444 Number of reoffenders
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Justice data lab statistics: April 2024Found: reoffenders 48 48 reoffenders reoffenders Per 100 people: Per 100 people: 260 260 reoffences reoffences
Jan. 25 2024
Source Page: Justice data lab statistics: January 2024Found: reoffenders 27 27 reoffenders reoffenders Per 100 people: Per 100 people: 73 73 reoffences reoffences
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Justice data lab statistics: April 2024Found: reoffenders 25 25 reoffenders reoffenders Per 100 people: Per 100 people: 121 121 reoffences reoffences
Jan. 25 2024
Source Page: Proven reoffending statistics: January to March 2022Found: 2022, England and WalesContentsThis pivot table contains data on the number of offenders in a cohort, reoffenders